- Company
- Why is the exp. date of the Sanofi flu vaccine short?
- by Aug 18, 2022 01:06pm
- With domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies starting to distribute flu (influenza) vaccines, the expiration date of the Sanofi vaccine is about three months shorter than that of other products. This means that the Sanofi vaccine must be discarded in April, when Korea is still considered to be a flu epidemic period, so it cannot be used
- Company
- Yuhan invests ₩23.1B in Yuhan USA over 4 years
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Aug 18, 2022 05:48am
- Yuhan Corp is making aggressive investments in its US subsidiary. Investing &8361;23.1 billion during the past 4 years after establishing Yuhan USA in 2018, the company has been making broad steps to advance into the global market. According to the Financial Supervisory Service on the 17th, Yuhan Corp had invested &8361;7.7 billion in Yuhan
- Opinion
- [Reporter's view] Legalization of Non-face-to-face Care
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Aug 18, 2022 05:48am
- Non-face-to-face treatment has become a social topic beyond the health and medical community. Non-face-to-face treatment, which has been temporarily allowed since February 2020, has been on the rise for three years, and the public and domestic medical systems, which are users, have naturally become accustomed to non-face-to-face treatment. No
- Policy
- KDCA opposes use of Paxlovid in healthy 50s
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Aug 18, 2022 05:48am
- The disease control and prevention authorities have expressed opposition to the plan to lower the prescription age for Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment, Paxlovid, to those in their 50s, on grounds of domestic Emergency Use Authorization standards. The decision was influenced by the fact that eligibility for Paxlovid had already been exte
- Policy
- Why is price different btw patent-expired original/generic
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 18, 2022 05:47am
- The drug price will be lowered to 53.55% of the existing upper limit from the 22nd after losing an administrative lawsuit against the drug price lowered by the anticoagulant Xarelto with the government. As a result, it will be the same as the highest price of generics registered last year. However, the drug price of Xarelto 10mg is expected t
- Product
- Settlement of Xarelto price difference
- by Jung, Heung-Jun Aug 18, 2022 05:47am
- Some wholesalers are complaining at pharmacies as they demand that Xarelto, which will be lowered in drug prices, be returned by this week. This is because if the physical return is closed a week ago, there is no inventory to be prepared next week. In the case of Xarelto, wholesale companies seem to avoid returning on paper because the drug p
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View] Industry sullen over revised PE exemption
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Aug 17, 2022 05:52am
- The pharmaceutical industry is sullen despite the government's announcement of a measure to expand drug coverage, as the so-called measures for expanded coverage are closer to reductions from the industry’s point of view. The main issue lies in the improvement of the pharmacoeconomic evaluation (PE) exemption system that was included in
- Policy
- KDCA will announce its plan to inoculate bivalent vaccine
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Aug 17, 2022 05:52am
- The domestic quarantine authorities plan to announce vaccination plans at the end of this month, including the subject and use of Moderna's bivalent vaccine for COVID-19 omicron. Moderna bivalent vaccine is still in the pre-application stage, and the intention is to make a plan for use in consideration of the effectiveness and safety of va
- Company
- Sanofi to supply flu vaccine Vaxigrip Tetra Nationwide
- by Aug 17, 2022 05:52am
- Sanofi's Korean subsidiary announced on the 16th that it has supplied its flu vaccine Vaxigrip Tetra nationwide on the 10th to mark this year's flu vaccination season. Sanofi supplied its flu vaccine earlier than usual so that those who need vaccinations can be vaccinated safely and effectively in preparation for the 2022-2023 seasonal flu
- Policy
- Novavax vaccine approved for use for 12+ years in Korea
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Aug 17, 2022 05:52am
- The age eligibility of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine will be extended. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister: Yu-Kyung Oh) announced that it had approved the Post Approval Change Application for the COVID-19 vaccine ‘Nuvaxovid Prefilled Syringe,’ developed by Novavax and manufactured by SK Bioscience, to change the vaccination ag
